Introduction
More and more non-native English speakers are attempting proficiency in English as we dawn to the new era of industrialization and globalization. This aside the number of foreign students seeking admission from colleges and universities in the US and other English-speaking countries. In fact, it surprising to see even the elderlies from countries like China, Korea and Japan adamantly learning the English language through online ESL schools. In school year of 2003-2004, the U.S. National Center for Education Statistics recorded that there were over 3.8 million students in the US who were under an ESL program (US NAtional Center for Education Statistics). In a more recent survey, it revealed that in 2010, approximately 4.7million individuals were classified as ELL or English Language Learner ((US NAtional Center for Education Statistics). There are a number of speculations why people wanted to learn English. However, a large majority of ESL learners offers the reason of competitive advantage as what primarily drove them to undergo the excruciating process of learning the language. Nevertheless, amidst the presented reasons for seeking mastery of English as a second language it is perceived to have a negative implication. The negative implication refers to the cultural ramification of ESL programs particularly to one’s culture of origin. In lieu with this, the proponent of this study suggests to conduct a readiness evaluation on the part of ESL learners to learn a second language to help establish whether it will create a cultural clash to one’s native origin. This study is interested in answering the question, is there a need for any form of preparation that student of ESL programs should be ready for? If yes, what kind of preparation is needed? Does it include psychological preparation? Could it be that the lack of preparation to learn a second language like English lead to the disintegration of one’s cultural values? What implications could learning a second language bring to the learner, the society and culture?
Methodology
Hσ: That ESL learners does not need any form of preparation to learn a second language.
Hα: That ESL learners need preparation to learn a second language.
Works Cited
(US NAtional Center for Education Statistics. NCES: Number of ELL students in the US in 2010. 31 October 2013. Web. 13 November 2014.
Henn, Matt, Mark Weinstein and Nick Foard. A Short Introduction to Social Research. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publication, 2005. Print.
US NAtional Center for Education Statistics. Number Of: Number of ESL Students in US. 20 March 2010. Web. 13 November 2014.
